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Yōichi Sai
Nagano, Japan
Yōichi Sai (born 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese film director. His mother is Japanese, His father is zainichi Korean. His 2004 film Chi to hone won four…
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Yōichi Sai (born 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese film director. His mother is Japanese, His father is zainichi Korean. His 2004 film Chi to hone won four Japanese Academy Awards, including two for Sai himself, for Best Director and Best Screenplay. He had previously received two nominations in the same categories for Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru. In 1999 he shot Buta no mukui (The Pig's Retribution), a film set in the lavish natural scenery of Okinawa, inspired by the 1996 Akutagawa Prize-winning eponymous novel by Eiki Matayoshi. The film won the Don Quixote prize at Locarno International Film Festival in 1999. He won the award for Best Screenplay at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days. As an actor, he appeared in Nagisa Oshima's 1999 film Taboo. He is the current president of the Directors Guild of Japan.
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2022
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
Movie Director
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2022
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
Movie Director
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2009
Kamui
Movie Director
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2008
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
Movie Director
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2007
Soo
Movie Director
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2006
Route 225
Movie
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2004
Blood and Bones
Movie Director
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2004
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Movie Director
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2003
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2002
Doing Time
Movie Director
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1999
Taboo
Movie Isami Kondo
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1999
The Pig's Retribution
Movie Director
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1998
Dog Race
Movie Director
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1995
MARKS
Movie Screenplay
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1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Movie Chief of Police
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1995
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
Movie Director
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1994
N45゜
Movie Bearded man
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1993
All Under the Moon
Movie Section Chief
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1991
Burning Dog
Movie Director
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1989
Via Okinawa
Movie Director
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1988
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
Movie Director
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1987
The Lady in a Black Dress
Movie Director
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1986
Love Story
Movie Director
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1985
Let Him Rest in Peace
Movie Director
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1984
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
Movie Director
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1983
Dansen
Movie Director
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1983
Sexual Crime
Movie Director
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1983
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Movie Director
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1981
Pro Hunter
TV show Director
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1980
The Night of Martial Law
Movie Assistant Director
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1980
不良少年
Movie Assistant Director
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1979
No Grave for Us
Movie Assistant Director
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1978
The Killing Game
Movie Assistant Director
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1978
The Most Dangerous Game
Movie Assistant Director
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1977
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
Movie Assistant Director
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1976
Bastard on the Border
Movie Producer
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1976
In the Realm of the Senses
Movie Assistant Director
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1975
Kokuhatsu Zainichi kankokujin seijihan report
Movie First Assistant Director
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Empire of Passion: On the Set
Movie Self (Assistant Director for "Empire of Passion")
